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Banksia leptophylla var. melletica A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 6:314-315 (1988)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-2.3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange-brown, Mar to Aug. White or yellow sand over limestone, lateritic gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 30-80 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 0 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow, orange or brown; innermost bracts 2-4 mm long, hairy. Perianth 23-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 34-41 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 15-30 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Moora, Northampton, Three Springs, Wanneroo.